Silk Cut (yacht)

Silk Cut
Boudragon hauled out of the water in Lauwersoog
Other names Elanders/Ten Celsius
JMS Next Generation
Boudragon
Nation  United Kingdom
 Sweden
 Norway
 Netherlands
Class Volvo Ocean 60
Sail no GBR–1
SWE-20002
Designer(s) Bruce Farr
Builder McConaghy Boats
Owner(s) Oceanraces Academy
Racing career
Skippers Lawrie Smith
Hans Bouscholte

Silk Cut (also Elanders/Ten Celsius, JMS Next Generation) is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished fifth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lawrie Smith.

Career

Silk Cut was designed by Bruce Farr and built by McConaghy Boats.[1]

She finished fifth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lawrie Smith.[2]

Elanders/Ten Celsius competed in the 2003 Volvo Baltic Race helmed by Hans Wallén.[3]

JMS Next Generation competed in the 2004 Volvo Baltic Race.[4]

Boudragon is currently owned by the Oceanraces Academy.[5]

References

  1. "The Entries", Yachting, 181 (10), 1997
  2. http://www.kriter.tv/history/whitbread_history.pdf
  3. "News & Features - ISAF - World Sailing - Official Site : Preview". sailing.org.
  4. http://www.maringuiden.se/nyheter/_/båtnotiser/nu-startar-volvo-baltic-race-r86
  5. https://www.oceanracesacademy.com/nl/academy
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